Hitch.



H. N. CLARK.

HITCH.

APPLICAHON mzo ml. 19. I913.

Patented A113. 21, 1917 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

H. N. CLARK.

HITCH.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19. 1913.

1,237,61 6 Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Specification of neat" Patent.

Patented Aug; 21, 1917.

Application fled February Ill), 1918. Serial Io. 749,882.

CLARK, of the city of Regina, in the Province of Saskatchewan,, Canada, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in itches, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to a hitch especially designed for connecting seeders, barrows and other such like implements with a tract on engine and the object of the invention is to provide a hitch which will cause the seeders or other machines connected thereto, to follow at all times in a manner such that one machine does not overlap the other or spread away from the other with the result that the ground is efiectivel-y cultivated or seeded.

It consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out In the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 represents a plan view of the hitch with attached seeders as they appear in 2 a plan view of the hitch and seeders as t ey ap ear when making a turn and Fig. 3 a: etailed vertical cross sectional view through the draw bar and plane denoted by the line X'X' Fig. 1.

In the drawings like characters of refer- Y ence indicate corresponding parts 'in each might-here explain that with the usual hitch for connecting a plurality of agricultural implements w th a traction engine it-is possible for the work done by the mach ne's to be overlapped and it is der other conditions forossible also unwith suitable stub axles 2 and 3 on which I have rotatably mounted carriage wheels 4 and 5.

6 representsa draw bar in advance of the beam,-the section belng taken in the links 50 and,51 of equal eyes-39 and These pairs of links 'a draft connection between the seeding mae machines to. spread apart with the result that strips'of-fi.

' I "end with beam to auaommodatethe seeders as required by the links.

position shown in Fig. 1,

eye bolts carried by the between the eye bolt 8 and c1evis'12 and the eye bolt 10 and clevis 13'.

His a rod connected to the eye bolt 9 and carrym% a clevis 18 which is connected with the eye olt 1.1. The numerals 19, 20 a and 21 re resent seeding machines of which'22, 23 and the frames, 25, 26 and 27 the tongues 34, 35, 36 37 and 38 39 are sets of eye bolts located toward the ends and centrally of the draw beam and extending from the rear side thereof, the members of each set being spaced an equal distance apart.

40 41, 42 43 and 44 45 are further sets of eye bolts secured to the seeder frames at the front which sets have the members thereof spaced apart the same distance as the members of the sets already referred to on the drawbeam.

Links 46 and 47 of equal length connect the eyes 35 and 40 and those 34 and 41] respect vely. Further links 48 and 49 ofeq'ual length connect the eyes 37 and 42 andthose 36 and 43 respectively while still further length connect the 44 and those 38and 45 respectively. I

form in each instance chines and thedraw beam.

a pair of forwardly extending plates 52 and 5.3 which plates span at all times and in each instance the draw beam. These plates supportthe forward ends of the tongues from the draw beam but allow the tongues to shift in respect to the draw motion of the he traction engine or other machine used for drawing the seeders is attached to the draw bar 6. When the en Inc is drawing on astraight fieldlthe se ers assume the the reason for which is readily apparent. Hnwver upon 241549: and 28; 29, 30 31,,and 32 33 are theground wheels.

turning a corner the links operate under the action of the draft on the seeders to cause the seeders to assume the positions shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings and it will here be noticed that each seeder cultivates its full width, the strips of ground cultivated being continuous over the field, that is they are neither overlapped nor spaced apart wit 1 the result that no portion of the ground is doubly cultivated or entirely skipped.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In an agricultural implement, a frame or draft member disposed transversely to the line of draft, a trailing member carrying ground working tools, a pair of crossed rigid links pivotally connected at their forward ends to the frame and pivotally connected at their rearward ends to the trailing memher and forming the draft connections between the frame and the trailing member, and a member rigidly attached to and projecting forwardly from said trailing mcm ber and having a non-draft sliding engagement with said frame to prevent tilting of the trailing member.

. 2. In an a icultural implement, a frame or draft mem er disposed transversely to the line of draft, a trailing member carrying ground working tools, a pair of crossed rigid links pivotally connected at their forward ends to the frame and pivotally connected at their rearward ends to the trailing member and forming the draft connections between the frame and the trailing member, and a non-draft member-rigidly attached to and projecting forwardly from said trailing menu or and provided at its free end with forwardly projecting s aced-a art plates spanning said draft mem er an preventing tiltin of said trailing member.

3. 11 an agricultural implement, a draft beam provided with supporting wheels, a draw bar connected bya plurality of links to said draft beam, a plurality of trailing members carrying ground working tools, a draft connection etween each of said trailing members and the draft beam consisting of a pair of crossed rigidlinks pivotally connected at their forward ends to said draft beam and pivotally connected at their rearward ends to the said trailing member, and a member ri idly attached to and projecting forward y" from each of said trailing members and having a non-draft sliding engagement with said draft beam to prevent tilting of the trailin member.

Signed at Regina, @ask, this sixth day of December, 1912.

HORACE NORMAN CLARK.

In the presence of Geo; 1. WILSON, J. BENEDIGI. 

